Ordination Rites of the Ancient Churches of East and West

Type

Book

Authors

Paul F. Bradshaw

ISBN 10

0925127000

ISBN 13

9780925127006

Tags

Roman Catholicism, Church History, Church Institutions & Organizations, Worship & Devotion, History, Christianity, Ritual

Description

This is a study of the early texts used in ordination to the offices of greatest antiquity in the Christian churches of East & West. These offices include bishop, presbyter, deacon, deaconess, subdeacon, acolyte, & reader. The Rev. Dr. Paul Bradshaw, assoc. prof. of theology at Notre Dame Univ., introduces the primary sources of the texts. He outlines the nuclear structure of the ordination ritual & comments on the prayers & ceremonies proper to each order. Then, in the second part of the book, he offers English translations of the texts available. - from Amzon

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